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WHO: Malaria Killed Over 602,000 People In Nigeria, Others In 2021

World Health Organisation (WHO)
US spends $768m to fight malaria in countr y ExxonMobil spent over $37.4m on anti-malaria programmes in nation in 20 years Obaseki canvasses innovative financing in the disease fight AsRead More

World Health Organisation Asks Countries To End COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

World Health Organisation (WHO)
The World Health Organisation has urged nations to lift or ease COVID-19 travel restrictions. According to WHO, the restrictions are detrimental to economic growth and have proven to have littleRead More

China Pledges One Billion Additional COVID-19 Vaccines For Nigeria, Other African Countries

Chinese President Xi Jinping
Promises $10bn investment in three years Omicron variant outbreak: WHO bemoans poor alert system, says new pandemic accord needed Aviation agencies vigilant, await FG’s directive NCDC harps on vaccination, adherenceRead More

NCDC Commences Genomic Surveillance Of SARS-CoV-2

Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday said that in response to public health concern over the detection of new variants of COVID-19, the severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2Read More

“I Was Absolutely Not Surprised Trump Got COVID-19” – US CDC Chief, Dr. Fauci

Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Donald Trump of the United States of America
The United States’ leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has said he was “absolutely not” surprised President Donald Trump contracted COVID-19, after seeing him surrounded by people not wearingRead More